Reclining-chair



(N0 Model.) HERBOLD, Jr.

Reclining 'Ghair'.

No.,235,239. Patented Dec. 7,1880.

. ATTORN EYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP HERBOLD, JR, OF GALION, OHIO.

RECLlNlNG-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,239, dated December 7, 1880. Application filed April 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HERBOLD, Jr. of Galion, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented a new Improvement in RecliningOhairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in certain novel details of construction of the devices which hold the chair in the different positions to which it is adjusted.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a folding rocking-chair embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section taken on the line 00 00 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

The front legs, A, have their lower ends pivoted to the rockers and their upper ends pivoted to the arms.

The rear legs, B, have their lower ends pivoted to the rockers and their upper ends bent to form the side rails for the seat, and midway of their length, at the points where they bend forward, the lower ends of the back 0 are pivoted.

The rear ends of the arms D are pivoted to the back 0 at a suitable point above the lower end thereof.

To the inner side of each of the rear legs, near the front portion which forms the seat, is attached a ratchet plate or bar, E. This plate or bar is of the shape shown in Fig. 3, the serrations or notches lying diagonally with relation to the width of the plate. Near the ends passed through the holes e.

the strain is distributed and divided between said spurs and said screws instead of coming entirely on the screws.

The front legs, A, are connected by a crossbar, G, at each end of which is an an gle-plate, H, secured to said bar by screws. The plate H is provided with a stud, h, and an overhanging lip, i, both extending outward from it in a direction parallel with the length of the bar G. (See Fig. 4.) The stud it engages with the notches of the plate or bar E to hold the chair in place in different positions, and the lip 'i engages with the upper edge of the plate E and prevents the seat from being raised too high.

To recline the chair farther back than the position shown in Fig. l the front edge of the seat is raised sufficiently to allow the ratchetplate to clear the stud h, and the back 0 may then be lowered.

To move the back forward it is only necessary to push it forward, so that the studs will ride over the serrations and be engaged when the back is released.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a rocking-chair, the combination, with rear legs, B, pivoted to rockers and extended to form side rails of seat, the back 0, pivoted thereto, and the pivoted arms D, connected with rockers by the pivoted front legs, A, of the ratchet-plate E, arranged on rear legs, and the angle-plates H, arranged on cross-bar G, having the overhanging lip t and provided with the stud h, as and for the purpose specified.

PHILIP HERBOLD, JR.

Witnesses:

HENRY VVITTIBSLAGER,

CONRAD BoHL. 

